The Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam ( Dutch pronunciation: [naːˈtyːrɦɪsˌtoːris myˈzeːjʏm ˌrɔtərˈdɑm] ; English: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ) is a natural history museum located in Rotterdam , Netherlands .
4-720: The museum opened in 1927. It had 44,009 visitors in 2015. In 1922, the Rotterdam section of the Nederlandsche Natuurhistorische Vereeniging (Dutch Natural History Association) founded the Vereeniging tot Oprichting en Instandhouding van een Natuurhistorisch Museum (Association for Establishing and Maintaining a Natural History Museum). In 1927, the Natuurhistorisch Museum (Natural History Museum) opened. The museum
8-791: Is located in Villa Dijkzigt at the Museumpark , close to the Kunsthal and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen . The villa dates from 1852 and was originally built by J. F. Metzelaar for the Van Hoboken family. In 1995 it was extended with a modern glazed pavilion which was designed by the Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat . The museum includes a shop and a library . The museum has a collection of an estimated 400,000 objects of which 253,119 objects are registered. Kees Moeliker has been
12-722: The complex of the Erasmus MC , a medical centre affiliated with the Erasmus University . The park lies on the former land of the Hoboken family, who lived in the building that is since 1987 the Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam . The park was laid out in 1927 to the design of the architect Witteveen. On the south side of the pond in the park a monument for Gerrit Jongh, director of municipal works in Rotterdam. There are several artworks in
16-625: The museum director since 2015. Bram Langeveld has been the museum curator since 2016. The museum had 37,814 visitors in 2012 and 44,009 in 2015. This article about a museum in the Netherlands is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Museumpark Museumpark is an urban park in Rotterdam , Netherlands , located between the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen , Westersingel, Westzeedijk and
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